Spanish
ACADEMIC MAP (Effective Summer 2024 and after)
*Please Note: Face-to-face/in-person instruction of this program is available ONLY at the main campus in Tallahassee, FL. This program is NOT available via Online/Distance Learning.*
This map is a term-by-term sample course schedule. The milestones listed to the right of each term are designed to keep you on course to graduate in four years. The Sample Schedule serves as a general guideline to help you build a full schedule each term. The General Education and Elective courses must be selected to satisfy all area and diversity requirements unless your program meets these requirements with major courses. Milestones are courses and special requirements necessary for timely progress to complete a major. Missing milestones will result in one of two types of map registration stops. The first level (Degree Map Off-track) is placed following grade posting if the student has missed a milestone (course and/or GPA) for the first time in the major. If a student is in non-compliance with milestones for two (2) consecutive semesters (excluding summers), a Major Change Required stop is placed on the student's registration.
The Spanish major requires thirty semester hours above SPN 2220, including at least one SPW 3000-level literature course, a departmental linguistics course (usually LIN 3041; SPN 4700, SPN 4701, SPN 4780, SPN 4810, SPN 4840 or a Special Topics in Hispanic Linguistics with the number SPN 4930 when LIN 3041 is used for a major in Linguistics), and a minimum of twelve semester hours at the 4000 level. Only one SPT course may count toward the major. SPN3400 is not open to heritage speakers, they should take SPN3350 instead. Majors must complete 12-18 hours for a minor. All courses taken to fulfill the 30 hours of major course work must be taken for a letter grade. A grade of C minus or better must be earned in each course applied toward any major or minor degree earned in the department.
Placement tests are available through the FSU Assessment & Testing Facility for French, German and Spanish. Students with prior proficiency in languages other than French, German, and Spanish must consult an advisor in the Department of Modern Languages for proper course placement. If you are placed above a milestone, it is important that you continue with the next milestone in its place. Total hours above 120 vary based on language proficiency level of student.
Mapping Coordinator: Shellie Camp
Email: scamp@fsu.edu
Sample Schedule and Required Milestones by Term
| Sample Schedule: Term 1 hrs |
| ENC1101 Freshman Composition3 |
| 1st GE Core Mathematics3 |
| GE Core Social Science3 |
| GE Core Humanities/Cultural Practice3 |
| SPN 1120 Elementary Spanish I4 |
| Required Milestones: Term 1 |
| Complete ENC1101 ( ≥ C minus ) |
| Complete SPN 1120 (if needed*) |
| Sample Schedule: Term 2 hrs |
| ENC2135 Research, Genre, and Context 3 |
| 2nd GE Mathematics or Statistics3 |
| GE Natural Science3 |
| GE History3 |
| SPN 1121 Elementary Spanish II4 |
| Required Milestones: Term 2 |
| Complete ENC2135 ( ≥ C minus ) |
| Complete 1st GE Mathematics ( ≥ C minus ) |
| Complete SPN 1121 (if needed*) |
| Sample Schedule: Term 3 hrs |
| GE Ethics3 |
| GE Natural Science w/Lab4 |
| CGS2060 Computer Fluency or other University-approved Digital Literacy course3 |
| SPN 2220 Intermediate Spanish I4 |
| Required Milestones: Term 3 |
| Complete SPN 2220 (if needed*) |
| Complete 2nd GE Mathematics or Statistics course ( ≥ C minus ) |
| Sample Schedule: Term 4 hrs |
| GE Social Science3 |
| GE Humanities/Cultural Practice3 |
| Oral Communication Competency3 |
| SPN 2240 Intermediate Spanish II 3 |
| Minor Course3 |
| Required Milestones: Term 4 |
| No Milestones |
| Sample Schedule: Term 5 hrs |
| SPN 3300 Spanish Grammar and Composition 3 |
| SPN 3400 Spanish Reading and Conversation 3 |
| Minor Course3 |
| Minor Course3 |
| Elective3 |
| Required Milestones: Term 5 |
| Complete SPN 2240 (if needed*) |
| Civic Literacy requirement |
| Sample Schedule: Term 6 hrs |
| SPW 3XXX3 |
| LIN 3041 Introductory Linguistics for Foreign Language Majors3 |
| SPT3503 Introduction to Hispanic Cultural Analysis 3 |
| Minor Course3 |
| Elective (Outside) (Must be 3000/4000-Level)3 |
| Required Milestones: Term 6 |
| Complete SPN 3300 or SPN 3400 |
| Complete Scholarship in Practice Course |
| Sample Schedule: Term 7 hrs |
| SPN/SPW 4XXX3 |
| 4000-level Senior Seminar (SPN4540, SPN4930, SPW4930 or SPN4700)3 |
| Minor Course3 |
| Elective3 |
| Elective3 |
| Required Milestones: Term 7 |
| Complete Pre-Graduation Check |
| Complete 3 hours of Spanish 3000/4000-level coursework (SPN, SPW) |
| Sample Schedule: Term 8 hrs |
| SPN/SPW 4XXX3 |
| SPN/SPW 4XXX3 |
| SPN/SPW 4XXX3 |
| Elective 3 |
| Elective3 |
| Required Milestones: Term 8 |
| Apply for Graduation in 1st two weeks |
Employment Information
Salary Information: For more information go to: National Association of Colleges and Employers (www.naceweb.org) or the Occupational Outlook Handbook (www.bls.gov/ooh/home.htm) provided by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Representative Job Titles Related to this Major: Teacher in high school or junior college, College Professor, Translator, Intelligence Specialist, Diplomat, Travel Agent, Interpreter, International Flight Attendant, Foreign Travel Escort Officer, International Relations Specialist, Linguist, Customs Official, Business Representative.
Representative Employers: School Boards, Travel Agencies, Airlines, Libraries, Museums, Colleges or Universities, Departments of Justice, State or Defense, United Nations, Publishers, ACTION, Peace Corps, International Business, CIA, FBI, USIA, AID, Social Service Agencies, State Governments.
